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receding

adj. moving toward a position farther from the front; "the receding glaciers of the last ice age"; "retiring fogs revealed the rocky coastline"

unassuming

adj. not arrogant or presuming; "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl"

unassertive

adj. inclined to timidity or lack of self-confidence; "a shy unassertive person"

past, preceding

adj. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"

menial, humble, lowly

adj. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

low, small, humble, modest, lowly

adj. low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings"

humble

adj. marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski

plain, patent, manifest, clear, evident, apparent

adj. clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"

informal

adj. not formal; "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"; "an informal gathering of friends"

simple

adj. having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance"

unpretentious

adj. lacking pretension or affectation; "an unpretentious country church"; "her quiet unpretentious demeanor"

friendly

adj. easy to understand or use; "user-friendly computers"; "a consumer-friendly policy"; "a reader-friendly novel"

quiet

adj. characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years"

unsocial

adj. not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions; "the unsocial disposition to neglect one's neighbors"

mild, modest, meek

adj. humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"

submissive, deferential

adj. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"

timid

adj. showing fear and lack of confidence

last

adj. immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"

past

adj. earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"

previous, former

adj. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House"

earlier

adj. (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"

original, primitive, aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial

adj. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"

antecedent, preceding

adj. preceding in time or order

antique

adj. made in or typical of earlier times and valued for its age; "the beautiful antique French furniture"

preceding

adj. existing or coming before

withdrawing

adj. forced withdrawal; "pursued the withdrawing redcoats"

simple, humble

adj. unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"

outward, departing, outbound, outward-bound

adj. that is going out or leaving; "the departing train"; "an outward journey"; "outward-bound ships"

effluent, outflowing

adj. that is flowing outward

out

adj. directed outward or serving to direct something outward; "the out doorway"; "the out basket"

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